A Continent on the Move: Listening and Learning in Africa

(RED) and our sister organization, ONE, are bringing a diverse delegation of influential policy and business leaders to Ethiopia and Ghana this week to see how strong African leadership and smart donor investments are helping people in Africa fight their way out of poverty. We feel so privileged to be making this trip.

We’ll be exploring a wide spectrum of issues and we will have the good fortune to hear from a variety of people in an effort to learn which policies and investments are achieving results, what programs and approaches are not working and what more is needed.

We will be visiting health, agriculture, education and trade projects and we’ll be meeting with government leaders, program implementers, entrepreneurs, intellectuals as well as people who are directly impacted by the work that we do. In Ghana, we will spotlight how contributions from the sale of (RED) products and the power of (RED) consumer action are helping to provide lifesaving treatment to thousands of people who are HIV positive. It’s because of the conscious choice you are making to buy (RED) that we have been able to generate more than $130 million to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. Thank you.

We’re so looking forward to the trip and to bringing our experiences to both (RED) and ONE supporters. We will be blogging and tweeting on the trip and look forward to sharing the journey with you.

The (RED) Team